Physician Poll: Oncologists See AI Shaping the Future of Cancer Treatment

The backstory

Helping to advance cancer treatment, AI speeds up detection and diagnosis by analysing medical images faster and with more precision than can be done by humans. In addition, its greater accuracy allows AI to minimise false-positive diagnoses. Through the analysis of genomic data, AI helps personalise oncology care by predicting treatment response.

Deep learning further enhances cancer detection by continuously improving its pattern recognition capabilities, which allows it to more precisely distinguish malignant tumours from benign ones.

The physician view

FirstWord polled 192 oncologists based in the US and EUR5 (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK) to assess current and future adoption levels of AI algorithms in cancer diagnosis and treatment planning.

Key Questions Answered:

• 1. AI can be applied to image analysis to improve detection and classification of different types of cancer. How often do you currently use AI software to help with interpreting images for cancer diagnosis?
• 2. Thinking ahead, how much do you agree that AI-based image analysis will significantly improve the speed of cancer diagnosis for your patients in five years' time?
• 3. Deep learning AI can predict disease progression. To what extent are you currently utilising deep learning AI to estimate patient-specific risk factors when planning treatment programmes for your patients?
• 4. AI algorithms can also be applied to genomic testing to identify genetic anticancer drug susceptibility. To what extent are you currently using AI-based clinical decision support tools to develop personalised treatment plans for your patients?
• 5. To what extent do you agree that AI will revolutionise treatment planning for your patients over the next five years?

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